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CONTENTS Frontispiece: Scholarship Winners, 1945 jacinf! 871 Advice to Anxious Mothers 882 School Notes 871 In Memoriam 883 The Dream ofGerontius ... 872 Form Notes 884 A Very Curious Story 874 My Home Town ... 896 Society Notes] National Savings] Music Notes... 876 Old Boys' Letters .. , 897 A School of the Future ... 880 Old Bovs' Notes and News 900 Examination Results] 1945 881 SPOrts Notes 902

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If"r HE following boys from the College one of these some time ago, he said he " regretted \J.f entered Upholland to commence theIr that he could not claim St. Edward's as his Alma studies for the Priesthood : Robert Flynn, Mater, but he had endeavoured to remedy that Denis Furlong and Leonard Hinchcliffe. Anthony defect by becoming a Governor ofthe College and Carroll has entered the Juniorate of the Oblate by sending his three sons to the school." Fathers, and Joseph Keaveney the English ,*** College, Lisbon. It was with feelings of deep regret we learned The following have entered Liverpool Uni­ of the death of Br. D. F. Greenish which took versity: F. X. Brennan, R. V. Crawford, A. place on September 16th, 1945, at Prior Park Duggan, F: Ford, J. Loughe, T. D. Murphy, College, Bath. He was on the staff of St. Edward's J. Occleshaw, J. D. Peel and A. Thomas. Eric for over six years; all his pupils have now Daynes began his Medical Studies at the National passed out of the school but Old Boys will have University of Ireland. The following entered kindly memories of him and of the interest he Training Colleges for Teachers: L. Bruen, took in their welfare. F. Frayne, T. Merivale, J. Pinnington and ** * P. Tighe. Congratulations to Dr. Basil Whalley on being * * * appointed Lecturer in Organic Chemistry at We were all pleased to leam that a Governor Liverpool University. He has had a brilliant of the College-Alderman L. Hogan, O.B.E.­ school and university course, and in his present had been elected Lord Mayor and we wish him congenial position we are confident that he will every success during his year of office. Ald. achieve even more noteworthy success. Hogan has always interested himself in the school * ** and, its activities and has attended many school We were sorry to lose the services of Major functions and Old Boys' Dinners, Speaking at Neville, O.B.E., as a member of the Governing SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS, 1945

F. A. FORD L.V. GOULD J. D. PEEL R. V. CRAWFORD F. X. BRENNAN Absent: T. MURPHY 872 ST. EDWARD'S COLLEGE MAGAZINE.

Body, but advancing years as well as pressure of Others have donated books, or money to be business forced him to resign. We thank him for expended on books. Despite the generosity of the interest he has always shown in St. Edward's. many friends there are still shelves not quite *** filled and we should welcome every gift. Amongst The Reference Library has had many bene­ recent benefactors are: F. X. Brennan, A. factors since the last issue of the Magazine. Carroll, S. Collier, F. Hewitt, S. Jones, F. Ley, Outstanding is the loan of the new edition of D. A. Ryan, P. Tighe, M. A. Wren and VIA Grove's Dictionary of Music by Mr. Boraston, Modems ('44-'45). whose efforts on behalfofculture are indefatigable. The Dream of Gerontius HE centenary. of Newman's conversion based on that statement: it does not postulate has passed: the religious services the opinion of one school oftheologians and reject U commemorative of that event which thus implicidy tenets of another. Newman influenced his successors no less than his contem­ concerned only with the process of purification a poraries have been held throughout the country. soul may undergo before meeting its God is Cardinal Newman's name will always be a house­ content to dramatise the passage of the soul at hold name amongst us. His Apologia which so death to the judgment seat of God, and in so clearly shows his horror for untruthfulness is a doing he utilizes the liturgy of the Church to the standard title; and The Dream of Gerontius even full. if it had not been set so superbly to music by There is described the bedside of a dying man. Elgar would still hold us enthralled. Characteristically Catholic in spirit as is that Often have we heard it broadcast, often, too, description, at the bedside are not merely friends have we heard it in our own Philharmonic Hall ; and relations but a Catholic priest. With that in fact in our own College many of us have heard solicitude peculiar to the Bride of Christ (for was Mr. Boraston, our Music Master, lecture on it, it not He who imperatively in no unmeasured illustrating his series of talks with records and terms demanded of us to be meek and humble of often by securing the services of well-known heart?) the priest pleads before the throne of the soloists whom he has accompanied. It is, then, living God on behalf of the dying man. It is a popular work. It may, however, be questioned worthy of note that the name given to this whether we do not appreciate it for reasons which Christian, Gerontius, is a Dame held in particular if not mischievous in their consequences are at veneration in the Roman Martyrology as being the least insufficient and at times irrelevant. The name of two Martyrs. With their prayers the poem was not written specifically to be set to bystanders intercede with God for one who is so music. Its beauty is none the less apparent even quickly to hear that doom, which will echo if it is merely read without the advantages which eternally in his ears. soloists, a choir and a full orchestra bring. No other poet has attempted so successfully to The poem is fundamentally Catholic; it portray that passage which all of us individually . demands a knowledge of Catholic belief in must some day make. With acute perception Purgatory and of.the truths implicit in that Newman delineates the feelings which it is felt dogma: the Particular Judgment, to mention must well up in the soul in that moment which merely one. The Catechism defines " Purgatory " elapses before its flight to God is winged. The as "a place where souls suffer for a time after feeling of utter helplessness, the dread fear of t.he death on account of their sin~." The poem is qnk.n.Qwn~ the ~wful anxiety-those emotions ST. EDWARD'S COLLEGE ~1.AGAZlNE. 873 peculiar to the moment of dissolution are our own Passing with the Angel by the demons whose when we read The Dream of Geron/ius. powerlessness Gerontius now fully comprehends, "I can no more; for now it comes again he comes to the judgment, listening on his way to That sense of ruin, which is worse than pain the choirs of the Angels adoring their Eternal That masterful negation and collapse King. The Angel recalls to him the swiftness of Of all that makes me man ..... his movement: still about the bed in the room of death pray the Priest and the others. He hears the o Jesu, help! pray for me Mary, pray! entreaties of the Angel of the Agony whose hdp Some Angel, Jesu! such as came to Thee when dying he had besought : In thine own agony ... ." " Jesu! spare these souls which are so dear to Long had Newman felt that he would suffer Thee paralysis: the haunting fear of the immobility of Who in prison, calm and patient, wait for Thee." limbs that this affliction causes gives conviction to Then Gerontius for one brief moment sees his the poignant lament of Gerontius quoted above. God. While alive he had professed : Gerontius dies with a profession of Faith. made " It ever was my solace to believe in accents strong and unwavering : That, 'ere I plunged into th' avenging flame " And I hold in veneration I had one sight ofHim to strengthen me." For the love of Him alone Earlier had the Angel assured him that he would Holy Church, as His creation, have that consolation. Be it noted that this is a And her teachings, as His own." personal belief of Newman's expressed more fully His last words re-echo the dying words of the in his volume ofsermons Mixed Congregations. Master after Whose footsteps, may be afar off at The delay in meeting his God was attributable, times, he has yet feebly stumbled: in the words of the Angel to " Novissima hora est; and I fain would sleep " thy very energy of thought The pain has wearied me ... into· Thy hands which keeps thee from thy God." o Lord, into Thy hands, .... " The delicate tenderness of the Guardian Angel Words which recall the anguished cry of Faustus as it accompanies the soul of Gerontius reflects in Dr. Faustus, who had sold his soul to the Devil. what was a lifelong devotion of Newman's. Even " 0, I'll leap up to my God I-Who pulls me from an early age, he claimed, the material world down?- was less real to him than the spiritual. In 1877, See, .see, where Christ's blood streams in the writing to Dr. Ullathome, Bishop of his own firmament! diocese, he refers to Trinity College, Oxford, as One drop would save my soul, halfa drop: ah " the place where I began the battle oflife with my my Christ !" good angel by my side." To read his poem, Gerontius has been warned that in the presence Guardian Angel, is only to be strengthened in our of his Creator, conviction that his devotion to his angel " Now sinless, thou wilt feel that thou hast sinned guardian was deep and abiding. As never thou didst feel; and wilt desire Gerontius's astonishment at feeling so com- To slink away, and hide thee from His sight. posed at this dread hour of dissolution : And yet wilt have a longing aye to dwell "_Now that my hour is come, my fear is fled, Within the beauty of His countenance." And at this balance of my destiny, So it is, for Gerontius cries passionately: Now close upon me, I can forward look " Take me away and in the lowest deep With a serenest joy," There let me be is cogently answered by the Angel's reminder : And there in hope the lone night watches keep " It is because Told out for me." Then-thou didstfear" that nQw thQudost fear not." 874 ST. EDWARD'S COLLEGE MAGAZINE.

A voluntary absence from its Love is the sentence simplicity. which the soul of Gerontius passes on itself. No It is to be regretted that almostthe only verses more poignantly has Francis Thompson told ofthe commonly known are those from the fifth choir of enduring love of Christ for each soul in his angelicals, " Praise to the Holiest ... ," usually " Hound of Heaven" than has Cardinal Newman sung in our Churches. But even in those verses depicted the anguish of the soul self-condemned there is vibrating a loving confidence in God and to Purgatory. a trust in His mercy-qualities characteristic of And yet in accord with Catholic doctrine the the poem as a whole. soul is made to suffer in patience and with resig­ The epitaph of his own composition which was nation for it is sure of a final condemnation of its engraved on Newman's tomb, "Ex umbris et love for God. imaginibus in veritatem," summarizes the odyssey " There motionless and happy in my pain of his own life on earth, the hope of ~s every Lone, not forlom- thought and aspiration. It is no less a comment on There will I sing my sad perpetual strain, the death of Gerontius. Until the mom." It may indeed at first seem strange to choose to As tender as was the first address to Gerontius write on The Dream of Geront£us in the year that of the Guardian Angel, who hailed him then as celebrates Newman's conversion; but is it really " My child and brother," surpassing in love and so? The Dream ofGerontius is instinct with those devotion are the words of parting, until such time principles upon which Newman based his own as theAngel shallcall Gerontius tothe presence of life. Ifwe seek to know how he lived, ifwe desire their God: to learn his spirit then it is to this poem we shall " Farewell, but not for ever! brother dear tum. The practice of ejaculation, such a famili­ Be brave and patient on thy.bed of sorrow arity with liturgical prayers that they become Swiftly shall pass thy night oftrial here . mingled with our own private communings, a deep And I will come and wake thee on the morrow." insight into the enormity of sin, a pre-occupation Newman confessed that at no time had he with (( the things that matter "-all these and difficulty in expressing himself in verse. All his more facets of the spiritual life of Cardinal prose works had been written under force of Newman are clearly depicted. Truly has Fr. circumstances. He wrote verse for pleasure. His Martindale claimed of The Dream of Gerontius primary purpose in his verses was didactic. The that Newman lived in its spirit, " in it he died; Dream of Gerontius as so many ofNewman's other in it, perhaps, is enshrined, under fewest veils, his poems rises to a height of lyrical power in which secret." the energy of expression is equalled only by its

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to continue. He began, "The first incident in and descended the stairs. I approached the door my story occurred at an R.A.F. Station in Kent. of the room from which the noise was coming. I was stationed there with my squadron during Suddenly it stopped. All was quiet. Presently I the Battle of Britain. Among the officers was a heard a new sound, the scratching of a pen. I young man who had gained his commission from noisily ran to the door and threw it open. The the ranks. He was from a working-class family room was empty. I walked over to the window. and his father had been dead for some years. It was shut on the inside; the brilliant moonlight The boy had volunteered for flying duties at the filled the small room. Then I noticed something. outbre* of war, had got his wings, flown for On a small table lay a sheet of paper. On it were some time as a sergeant-pilot, won the D.F.M., the words, , Look in ..." There was nothing and had eventually been commissioned. He was else. Someone had obviously been beginning a in the same section as I was, Red Section. message, and as suddenly stopped. I could not " One day in 1940 we were at the ready on explain it. There was nobody there, nobody the 'drome when the order came, 'Red Section could have got out, and yet I had heard the noise scramble.' That meant us, so off we went. The and now here was this writing. I decided to tell section took off and headed for the coast on the nobody about it, not even my wife, and having orders of the Controller sent over the R/T. put the mysterious note in the drawer, I locked "We had just arrived over Dover when we the room and returned to bed. spotted the enemy planes, seven of them, just " The next night I could not sleep. I lay awake below us. We dived to the attack. The young thinking. I eventually became convinced that the man I mentioned (let us call him Frank) was just happenings of the previous night would be in front of me. He attempted to attack one of repeated. I was right. Just about midnight I the Huns head-on. The enemy plane, however, again heard movements downstairs. Quickly I banked quickly to port. In doing so its starboard got up and descended the stairs. I approached wing completely cut Frank's plane in two. Both the room but lost some time fumbling for the parts burst into flame and plunged to earth. key. At last the door was open. Again the room Frank must have been trapped in his cockpit for was empty. I crossed to the table. There lay a no parachute was seen leaving the plane. We piece of note-paper. I picked it up; this time polished off several enemy machines and the the message was complete. It read, 'Look in rest beat it for home. We returned to base and the binding of "Tennyson ".' What did this reported the loss of our comrade. mean? 'Tennyson'? Th~n I remembered the "That evening the members of our mess volume I had bought at the auction five years decided to auction Frank's personal effects and ago-poor old Frank, shot down in flames. I send the proceeds to his mother. I succeeded in went to the bookcase, took down the heavy purchasing a volume of Tennyson's poems, volume and with a penknife slit the leather thickly bound and very old. binding. I saw that the leather had once been *** removed and replaced unskilfully. I shook the " The next part of my story took place some book. Ten five pound notes fell to the floor and five years later. I had been abroad since the end with them a little slip of paper. On the paper was of 1940 and when I twas demobbed I returned to the message, ' If I should die, whoever finds this London and to my home which I had not seen money should return it to my mother at ...' for five years. (here followed an address). But the curious thing "Two nights after my return I was awakened was that the handwriting ofthis note was identical about midnight by the noise of something or with that of the message on the table." somebody moving about in the room below. I got " You mean," I said, " that --?" up, threw my dressing-gown around my shoulders " Exacdy," my friend replied. ST. EDWARD;S COLLEGE MAGAZiNE.

We continued to walk along in silence. The my friend murmur: "There are more things moon was brilliant, the stars twinkled, the mist in Heaven and Earth, Horatio .. ." was still rising from the damp fields. Not a sound DANIEL J. SMYTH, VI B Mods. disturbed the stillness and presently I heard

§,(Q)(ClLallJ[1 '1'r' HIS year the Aspirant Conference com­ Librarian or to any other of the members of the ~ menced with 16 members. From these Society. were appointed the officers: Bros. A series of voluntary talks on religious topics McFeely, Ryan, Boggiano, and Burns as President, has been given this term, including one on the Secretary, Treasurer and Librarian respectively. Life of Cardinal Newman, whose centenary Our number has now increased to the more celebrations have just occurred. The attendance at respectable total of 25. meetings has been very regular and the Bros. are Although the membership of the Society is to be congratulated on their efforts to make the restticted to FOlm VI, all boys attending the Conference a success. College can assist in the work of the Society. We would like to appeal to the boys of the This may be summarized under the headings : College to give generous subscriptions to the the distribution of pamphlets, and monetary annual Christmas collection and to " go all out " collections. Any C.T.S. publications or Catholic to make this year of victory a record year for their newspapers would be gratefully received by the subscriptions. Conference and may be handed to the Bro. DESMOND A. RYAN (Hon. Sec.).

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. We beg to acknowledge with many thanks the receipt of the following Magazines :- Prior Park College Magazine, Upholland College Magazine, The Oscotian, St. Francis Xavier's College Magazine, Preston Catholic College Magazine, The Cottonian, St. Bede's College Magazine, TheEdmundian (Shillong), The Wallaseyan, The Quarry. 878 ST. EnwARD'S COLLEGE MAGAZINE.

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'1"r' HE first meeting of the Society was held M. Ie President asked the Society for a show of ~ on Tuesday, October 16th. The subject hands based on these arguments. Nine favoured for debate, " Est-ce que la paix du monde the League of Nations; thirteen wanted control doit etre fiee a une societe de nations ou aux by the Big Three. This vote agreed with M. Ie Grands Trois?" was obviously one of great President's verdict which gave thirteen points topical interest. The first advocate of the league for the motion and fourteen against. system was M. Carter. He pointed to the folly of The second meeting was a debate on La placing the peace of the world in the hands of Fontaine's maxim, "La raison du plus fort est an oligarchy. He quoted from the late President toujours 1a mei1leure." It took place on October Roosevelt to support his contention. The 30th. M. Gaskin was the first speaker for the perpetual alliance ofthe Big Three was improbable. motion. He said that the issue was not "Is Not only was the testimony of history opposed to might right?" Our democratic system of govern­ 5uch an idea; the recent failure of the Foreign ment was an obvious application of this principle. Ministers' Conference in London showed how a Even in personal matters, two heads were better trivial point could divide the world's great powers. than one. The only solution was an improved form of M. Growney, speaking against the motion, President Wilson's League of Nations. pointed to the break-up of the home caused by M. Burns pointed to the gravity of the problem cruelty. The recent terrible wars were caused by on hands. The future security of the world the theory of "the strongest is right." Weaker depended on the decision of which body was to countries had been robbed and ravaged by their control the peace. The last League of Nations strong neighbours. failed to control the aggression of Japan and M. Osborne, speaking for the motion in place Italy. He maintained that the only method of of M. Gloyne, attempted to point out that the reconstruction was by an alliance of the greater best reasoning was the one which was the most Allied Powers. The Big Three led us in war­ effective. What good were the vain schemes of let them lead us in peace. those who could not implement them? It was the M. Fell, for the motion, urged that the peace strength of the British Empire which had enabled of the world should not be a monopoly of the Big the noble ideas of democracy to be propagated Nations. The League of Nations was criticised to every corner of the world. by many but it had achieved much, including, M. Gallagher, concluding the argument against notably, the suppression of the traffic in danger­ the motion, indicated the value of philosophic ous drugs. War had shown us how to be inter­ ideas to the world, even when the author of them nationally-minded, let us preserve that attitude was a physical weakling. in the maintenance ofpeace. In his concluding remarks, M. Ie President M. Craig-McFeely, the second speaker against suggested improvements, not only in substance the motion, referred to Mr. Justice Holmes's but also in delivery. He awarded ten points for dictum, "A page of history is worth more than a and seven against the motion. volume of logic." The League of Nations had On November 13th the Society met to discuss been tried and had failed. Only the quick decisions " Laquelle est la plus importante pour la Grande of the Big Three could resolve the world's Bretagne-une grande marine ou une grande problems. The pages of history testified to the flotte d l'air?" M. Gloyne drew attention to the failure of leagues. The maintenance of peace fact that Britain's greatness was based on maritime should be in the hands of those great powers trade. Only by the preservation of our large which had put down the Nazi aggression. navy could we defend our mercantile shipping. ST. EDWARD'S COLLEGE MAGAZINE. 879

We needed a strong navy to preserve us from nineteen hours after his departure from London. sea-borne invasion. Such speed gave hope that diplomats might M. Molloy stated that the aeroplane was the avoid war by opportune exchange of views. M. most important machine of modern war. That Nolan also pointed out that only by the use of lesson had been learnt by cruel experience in air power could Britain watch Germany's move­ France and Norway. We had exploited it in our ments and keep war from breaking out once victory over Germany and Japan. He repudiated more. the idea that the days of war are over. Wars are In the few remaining minutes, the Chairman inevitable. The maintenance of a large, useless called upon M. Fell. He countered M. Sadler's navy would serve no other purpose than to swell argument that we had a naval tradition to uphold the budget.. An air-force would be effective in by asserting that had we been slaves of tradition maintaining Britain's commercial and imperial we would not have survived this war. M. Carter connections. stressed the potentialities of the atomic bomb M. Sadler, on the other hand, reiterated that which could be effective only when carried by an an island power must have a navy. In every aeroplane. war in which Britain had been engaged it was her M. Ie President awarded eleven points for the navy that had proved the telling factor. We had supporters of the navy and fourteen for the the traditions of Drake, Hawkins and Nelson to advocates of a large air force. keep. Another debate concerning the use of the M. Nolan quoted Marshal of the Air Force submarine in modern warfare is scheduled for Tedder's words regarding the part of aeroplanes November 27th but, as the magazine will have gone in the maintenance of peace. He showed how to the printer before that date, the account of it countries and governments could he linked by will have to he inserted in the next edition. air transport. Mr. Attlee had reached Washington J. OSBORNE, Hon. Secretary.

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~ GAIN the College has proved its mettle and boys of Runnymede deserve special ~ in the magnificent effort shown during commendation. Thanksgiving Week. Set-backs were We take this opportunity to thank all those expected, as the savings had not the same incen­ who in any way helped to uphold the high tive as in war-time days. We did not presume to standard of savings established in the early and reach the targets set in War Weapons Week, hard stages ofthe war. We thank Brothers, parents Wa.rship Week, Wings for Victory Week and and boys, who all helped to contribute to our Salute the Soldier Week. Then we were saving successes. for something which affected our very lives, our As we pass from war to peace, we must remem­ relations and friends, all working in the great ber that the country needs our savings as much as war machine. We put great effort into Salute th~ before-that we must not slack in our efforts. If Soldier Week, little thinking it would be our last our achievement in Thanksgiving Week can be war-time effort. In Thanksgiving Week our taken as a symbol of our determination we will achievement was indeed splendid, surpassing even make England a worthy home for our heroes by the total for the previous big Week. The staff our persistent saving. Do we all deserve unstinted praise? 880 ST. EDWARD'S COLLEGE MAGAZINE.

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CYI~n E HOPE to give a concertatthe end of ambitious orchestras when their schooldays are ~the present term. Owing to their having over. left school, we have lost three members Claude Brown, David Blackburn and Peter of the orchestra: Frank Finnety and Kevin Mackay, three pianists of promise, have joined Peters, Violinists, and Patrick Tighe, pianist the orchestra this term. We welcome them to our Frank Finnety was our senior member. We ranks, and hope that they will be long with us. remember that in the early days of the war, when, The first concert of the 1945-46 season of the during the air-raids, rehearsals were held in the Concerts for Secondary Schools was given in the air-raid shelters, he never missed attending, but, Philharmonic Hall on Friday, October 12th. with his father (for whose help in those days we Mr. Herbert Bardgett was the conductor. His are always most grateful) did his level best for remarks on intellectual listening were, perhaps, this particular organisation. He is now at the the most lucid we have ever had the privilege of University and is a member of the University listening to. His method of impressing upon his Orchestra, which, like our own, is trained by audience the various musical" subjects" occurring M. Eugene Genin. in his programme, by making the members of it Kevin Peters has, we believe, adopted a business sing them to words, was one to be remembered. career. We hope that he is still playing the The writer of these notes will certainly use that violin and has joined some orchestra or other. method himself when the occasion arises. The lessons in orchestral playing given at St. The concert was attended by members of the Edward's are most valuable, and are an excellent orchestra, the violin classes, and by Forms III training for boys wishing to join larger and more Alpha and Beta.

UTTING his plastic schoolbag on his as an electric eye fixed in the corridor has already back John Smith steps into the lift in his told the principal of his visitor, and the iron doors t'plastic house and arrives at its glass-topped open and shut. The principal is seated in a glass roof. Here his mother hands him two small pills, chair before a panel of knobs and now presses one. his daily dinner, and waves him good-bye as he A robot stands up and with a buzzing of electricity takes off in his jet-propelled helicopter. Soon he in a metallic voice asks Smith's name and excuse hears a buzz in the headphones he has affixed for being late. Smith explains that his uncle to his ears and switching on his talkie-vision took him to Mars last night and he didn't arrive televisor set he sees the face of Mr. Brown, his home till late, and consequendy overslept. form master, glowering at him out of the set. The robot motions him to go and he steps into " Smith, you are late," he says. a lift and enters his classroom. "Sorry, sir," replies Johnny, and fires off a Mr. Brown accepts his explanation for his few rockets attached to his plane to give it greater lateness, merely remarking that young Jones who speed. parachutes out of the Moon Express is never late. At length he glides down to the top of his Smith goes to his place or rather on Mr. Brown's school, St. Peter's, and parks his helicopter in pressing a button the seat comes to him and he is the space reserved for his form, 4A. Johnson, taken to a place where he can see perfecdy like the porter, takes him down from the roof in the the other thirty boys. Mr. Brown puts on his lift and he passes through several corridors with white overalls and continues the lesson-History. lifts ascending and descending till he arrives at He presses another button on his desk, a red light the head master's office. He has no need to knock glows and a few boys move aside hastily as one 881 end of the room slides back disclosing a large typewriters instead of robot pens worked direct screen. Mr. Brown announces "The Battle of from the mind). Hastings," and King Harold flashes on the screen. Playtime comes and Smith takes his two pills, The boys see the fight which the newly-discovered dinner and pudding, and goes for a ride in his system of age-electronics has brought about, and helicopter. Games then follow in the afternoon answer questions that flash on the screen. The as it is Wednesday and an air-polo match takes lesson ends and Mr. Brown whirls through the place between 4A and 4B. Mter a long game door in the rail-car reserved for masters, who do with Mr. Brown refereeing 4,A wing and the not use the common lifts. players depart. Smith gives young Jones a lift Next comes geography, and South America is to the air stop tied to a huge balloon, where traced on the screen with pictures of the natives, several pupils wait for the Moon Express. He rivers and products. The master is asked certain sees his friend off, waves good-bye to some others, details now and then, and the boys' typewriters and heads for home with a substantial amount of are busy as they take down notes (St. Peter's homework (unchangeable in the midst ofchange !). believes in keeping the old-fashioned system of J. KIERAN.

Open Scholarships :- D£st£nctz"ons: Chemistry (principal paper): LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY BUSHEL SCHOLARSHIP : Crawford, R. V., Hewitt, F., Peel, J. D.; Peel, J. Derek. (scholarship paper): Hewitt, F., Peel, J. D., SENIOR CITY SCHOLARSHIPS : Ryan, D. Mathematics (principal papers) : J. Derek Peel and F. Ford (special Senior Crawford, R. V., Murphy, T., Peel, I. D. City Scholarships in conjunction with. Higher School Certificate University award) (Letters of Success) :- Brennan, Francis X. Collier, Stanley B. McDonnell, James G. C. Crawford, Raymond V. Daynes, Eric J. Taylor, Francis Gould, Leo V. Walsh, Terence I. Murphy, Timothy. School Certificate Results :- Studentship :­ Adair, David Maher, Desmond J. LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY : Andanar, Eduardo M. McGrail, Thomas Ford, Francis A. Ashton, Herbert McIntosh, Peter J. ARMy UNIVERSITY SHORT COURSES: Avery, IoOO McKenna, Joseph T. lones, Stephen (Belfast) Ball, Francis McSorley, Gerard A. Ley, Francis J. (Aberdeen). Batin, Thomas R. Merriman, Joseph M. Higher School Certificate :- Berry, John Morgan, Joseph A. Brennan, Francis X. Murphy, Timothy Bolger, Peter F. Mullarky, Peter J. C. Crawford, Raymond V. Occ1eshaw, Joseph V. Bretherton, Terence W. Mulville, Peter N. Duggan, Arthur P. O'Dwyer, Denis Broadbridge, Murphy, John Ferguson, Francis D. Osborne, John J. Thomas E. C. Murphy, Terence W. Ford, Francis A. Peel, John D. Brownbill, Walter Murphy, Thomas D. Gould, Leo V. Pennington, Iohn Bruen, Francis L. Murphy, William G. Hewitt, Francis Ryan, Anthony G. Burke, Anthony Nixon, Wilfrid Jordan, Peter V. Ryan, Desmond Carmody, Thomas P. Nolan, Robert Ley, Francis, J. Sinnott, John L. Charnock, William T. Nyland, Francis Loughe, James A. Thomas, Raymond P. Cooch, Bernard W. Oakley, lames Merivale, Thomas Walsh, Ioseph F. Craig-McFeely, BrianE. O'Callaghan, Donald 882 ST. EDWARD'S COLLEGE MAGAZIN£.

School Certificate Results (continued) Currie, Gerard O'Callaghan, Kevin Furlong, Denis A. Simpson, John Davidson, John O'Mahoney, Hugh Gilmore, Thomas E. Smyth, Daniel J. Davies, George F. 0'Shea, Joseph Hammonds, Robert Spall, Kevin Davies, Leslie F. Peters, Joseph K. Harris, Ronald Suffield, Herbert Decrop, Raymond Powell, John Harrison, Eric Thompson, Anthony I. Devine, Arthur Power, Ernest M. Hawkins, Robert Tiernan, James W. Dickson, William Quick, Leonard Hill, Robert A. Tully, William J. Domville, Eric W. Rice, Bernard A. Jones, Leo Walsh, Francis T. Doyle, John Riley, Raymond F. Jordan, Francis J. Wells, Anthony Dwyer, William J. Rorke, James B. Kane, Francis P. Wilkinson, John O. Ellis, Albert Rose, Francis R. Keaney, John P. J. Willey, Dennis J. Fitzmaurice, Francis Ross, Anthony C. Keith, Noel A. Woods, Ernest K. Foley, Timothy P. Ryley, Norman J. Kieran, John A. Wren, Michael A. Ford, George Short, Francis J. Lynch, Brian E. Yeoman, Michael H.

FORM E~ATIONS. SU~R TERM 1~5 VI B.Sc.: Religion: B. Boggiano 1, J. Brash; 2, W. Fishlock; 3, R. Williams. 1, B. Boggiano; 2, T. Sharrock; 3, S. IV B: Religion : A. Walsh MacNamara. 1, J. Diamond; 2, T. Nursall; 3, A. Holme. VI B Mod. : Religion: W. Bums III Alpha: Religion: P. Hearty 1, R. Sadler; 2, F. Molloy; 3, G. Sillicorn. 1, F. Birkenhead; 2, P. Rose; 3, W. Ellis. LV Alpha: Religion: J. Dryhurst III Beta: Religion: C. Bridge 1, J. Dryhurst; 2, B. O'Dowd; 3, P. Sherry. 1, W. Addy; 2, C. Bridge; 3, P. Doyle. LV Beta: Religion: J. O'Keeffe III A: Religion : P. O'Brien 1, F. Bowden; 2, G. McKenna; 3, A. Bellew. 1, T. K. Harrison; 2, J. Finnigan; 3, P. LV A: Religion: D. Hartley O'Brien. 1, E. Croft; 2, P. Monaghan; 3, R. Mulcahy. III B: Religion: A. Gilbertson LV B: Religion: J. McCarthy; J. Penketh 1, M. Lennon; 2, H. McQuade; 3, F. Scott. 1, W. Slattery; 2, P. Servini; 3, T. Barnwell. U.II: Religion: M. Glover IV Alpha: Religion: J. Shennan 1, G. Slater; 2, A. Curran; 3, M. Glover. 1, J. Shennan; 2, E. Johnston; 3, M. L.II: Religion: P. Ringham McGowan. 1, M. Gregory; 2, J. Kendal; 3, E. Anderton. IV Beta: Religion: P. Ashton I: Religion: G. Gloyne; J. Hart 1, P. Schofield; 2, T. Hayes; 3, L. Connor. 1, J. Hart; 2, G. Gloyne; 3, G. Mills. IV A: Religion: D. Hannigan Preparat-ory: Religion: T. Laphan 1, J. Howard; 2, M. Evans; 3, B. McDermott.

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'Y,~n HEN Tommy next comes home with will tell you, means "on the other hand ") raise ~signs of battle on his eyes, on his nose your head and rejoice. Raise your head and see or on his mouth do not, pray, for the the majestic cupola of St. Peter's, for it is recorded sake of the pugilistic art, bewail the sorry fate of that Michael Angelo's nose was flattened by one, a handsome youth. Nay, contra (that, Tommy Torrigiano, who had learned the noble art from ST. EDWARD'S COLLEGE MAGAZINE. 883 those bears of Englishmen. Your aforementioned in design from those wielded by Louis (and, of warrior, Thomas, may be the designer of a course, son Thomas); they were nothing more beautiful London or a beautiful Liverpool, if than truly formidable "knuckle-dusters" cap­ that could be possible. able of administering fatal blows. Eyeing Tom's Latin Lyrists and English earls have shown a damaged nose console yourself with this recollec­ deep interest in this art which saved Michael tion and resign yourself to a fate inflicted on all Angelo from a stiletto. The "gloves" Virgil mothers, i.e., that of seeing a worthy offspring referred to in his Aeneid in the proposed fight displaying his war trophies. between Entellus and Dares were far removed W. J. A. BURNS, VI A Mods.

JAMES MIDDLETON Death always comes as a shock to us, especially when it takes from us suddenly, someone whom all have learnt to love and respect. Very sudden and unexpected was the death of James Middleton on Sunday, August 26th, 1945, at Wallasey where he was spendingthe day. He was only twelve years of age. While bathing with his friends on the foreshore James was carried out of his depth by the strong tide, and not being a good swimmer was unable to make any headway. His friends called for help which was available. A civilian who went in to rescue the drowning boy, found him unconscious. While coming towards the shore he himself became exhausted and had to release his hold. The boy's body was shortly afterwards recovered from a gully where it had been left by the receding tide. Artificial respiration was tried for some time without avail. At the inquest a verdict of "death by misadventure" was returned. Such was the tragic end of James Middleton, a boy whose extremely cheerful disposition endeared him to all who knew him. His good humour will always be remembered by his many friends. He came to St. Edward's from St. Matthew's in 1942. Heprogressed satisfactorily and would have been promoted to the Lower Fives in September. On Friday, August 31st, Requiem Mass was offered for the repose of his soul in St. Matthew's Church, Clubmoor. The funeral took place after the Mass to Anfield Cemetery. As the death of our young friend occurred during the vacation many of his school-mates did not hear of it until school re-opened and were consequently Wlable to attend the funeral. However, many of those who had heard of his death were present at the ReQuiem Mass to pay their last respects to their dear young friend. The staff of the College was also represented. To James's relatives and friends we offer our deepest sympathy on their sad bereavement but we recall that his death though sudden was not unprepared for. We derive great consolation from the th:ought that at Holy Mass on the morning of his death James received in Holy Communion his Divine Lord and Master Who was so soon to take him to Himself. R.I.P. 884 ST. EDWARD'S COLLEGE MAGAZINE.

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within our veins as we saw trick after trick not to playas we (and doubtless others) have performed with traditional dexterity of hand and done and you are trying to do. Learn from the suavity of manner. Sophisticated yesterday and bitter experiences of others, and take heed. probably to-morrow, yes; but that afternoon, We are all up to our eyes at present in little no. And it was with light hearts that we left for bits of this and that. The binomial theorem our classrooms for tea which the City Fathers befogs (with apologies to Mr. R.) some of us, with great insight into the habits of the young and although chemistry is not so difficult as it had provided. Who shall dare to disturb that might be, applied maths. holds almost insur­ memory by coldly detailing the menu? With a mountable difficulties. Mr. M. is in despair­ sigh at the rapid passing of time let us proudly and no wonder. claim, " We were there ! " We would like to thank Major Freeman and We shall end this literary attempt by wishing all the members of the staff who arranged for us an a Happy and Holy Christmas. interesting lecture on the Chindits in Burma. F.K. AND D.}.S. Dealing with the airborne operations in that part ** * of the world it contained many details of the plan Form VI B Sc. of campaign, the actual assault, and Major Freeman's and others' thrilling experiences. His Here once again is set down for the good of trophies were most popular, especially the kllkri posterity the history of this class of struggling knife which provoked gasps of either fear or scientists. We all entered Form VI with dean admiration. A fine lecture! slates and happy smiles determined to work hard. We now eagerly (?) look forward, with hope We are proud of our achievements in the School which tends to zero, to the forthcoming exams., Certificate and we hope they will be repeated in praying that we may do as well as we did in the two years' time. exams. on which our entry into this form Some apply their science on the rugby field depended. such as Wren, Suffield and Short, all of the First P.M., B.C.-McF. XV, Rose of the Seconds, and Batin of the ** * Bantams. Others aspire to the teaching profession Form Upper V Alpha while others again joined the S.V.P. and dispense their charity among the poor. Recently there has been a lot of talk about the At first we found it hard to get started because, working-class. We wish to state here and now in with a bang entered Mr. R--, hammering that this reference bears no relation to Upper V away at the calculus and some other poor Alpha whatsoever. The members of the form individuals. On the advice of the same teacher are, in the main, conservatives, an indication of a new company, viz., Merriman, Morganand Co., their belief in the theory of the conservation of editors and publishers of revised, modem maths. energy. Another prevalent theory is that absence books, may be floated. makes the heart grow fonder. Most of these Although the Minister of Fuel and Power theories go up in smoke when investigated closely. appeals to us to economise on light, etc., some This reminds us of Johnny Edgar, the life and still persist in burning the midnight amps. and soul of the class. He is in the immediate line of volts whilst endeavouring to perfect their home­ fire of all and sundry, and perhaps this is the work. Isn't it marvellous? J.M., however, reason why lately he has shown a tendency to laughs his way through homework. strike. Recently he has been bringing biscuits to And here is a word of advice to new third­ school in partial reward to Croft in recognition of formers. We" giants of the sixth" (as Mr. M. his long and faithful service, one supposes. puts it) wish only that we could start again in Another long and faithful servant is Joe O'Shea form three to work through the school again and way to the conjuror; we felt our blood tingling ST. EDWARD'S COLLEGE MAGAZINE. 887

(at least we think he is faithful). Joe is telling rampant barbarism of November the 5th but Slattery his life-story in daily instalments. The there were yawns in plenty the next morning. rest of the class cannot help but overhear. Daniel All were recovered in time to play rugby on Mulholland is also interested in the exciting and Wednesday. colourful narrative. James Dryhurst is as famous We are extremely enthusiastic about this sport, for his questions as Joe O'Shea is for his stories. but some would rather play marbles, following He displayed this quality to the full at a lecture the example of the sophisticated sixth form. given by Major Freeman. We wish to thank both There are no champion marble-players in Upper Major Freeman and James Dryhurst for an V Alphas, but Croft, Servini, McQuaid, McGrail, interesting Wednesday morning. O'Dowd, Edgar are prospective Bantams ; Snape, The difficulty of the twins, John Kavanagh Tully, O'Shea and Slattery are in the Second XV and Thomas Donnelly is to say the same thing and Meldon is in the First XV. Besides these at the same time. McCumisky is the " laughing stars we have a fast winger in O'Keeffe and a cavalier" of the class. This bad habit of merri­ brilliant linesman in Paul Ferguson! E. Kelly is ment is attributed to his youth and irresponsibility, a mighty fine spectator! his exact opposite is Jeremiah O'Keeffe who is Having thus sung our praises on the field and reputed to be the weeping willow of the class. off, we shall ask you to forgive our conceit and He made us all weep with a story about a feathered do not let our form notes interfere with your Pegasus. It was very touching. Servini frightened enjoyment of a happy Christmas. A Happy us one day by throwing a fit, but the combined Christmas to all pupils and teachers. efforts of the class calnied him down. But this B. CLARKE. happened during the Latin class, therefore it was understandable. * ** Many " voluntary" contributions are extorted Form Upper V Beta from the litde children occupying the front rows and the learned elders in the back rows sometimes We must congratulate ourselves not only on untie their purse-strings. Prominent among the maintaining but also on improving the traditions elders is David Dunn, whom we wish to con­ and standards of our predecessors in the illus­ gratulate on his success in the recent savings trious, world-famous, atom-smashing, dynamic campaign. Upper V Beta. So, Old Betians, do not despair; The aforesaid front rows of infants rely for successors, worthy of your mettle and your their existence on milk and arrowroot biscuits. renown, are now sleeping their way through the Any person wishing to see these bairns may do so school year of 1945-46. on payment of three halfpence to any of the In our dreams there stands out the nightmare junior dining room staff. Presumably Croft swims of Tuesday morning. C( Oh, Tuesday morning! home to Ormskirk. We managed to collect In they come, one after another; and then 'tis £120 in the savings campaign and sweet and low." (Verse by Shaw from poem, about 2!d. in the campaign for the " On Adverbial Clauses.") But we endure, and, so:iety for the abolition of chewing gum. if you require the reason, look, not about you, Snape will oblige anyone with details of these but at the time-table. Such a morning ! money-making schemes on payment of three­ Still there is a lighter side to life and other pence. days are not too bad particularly the afternoons John McQuaid was responsible for the success of Wednesday and Saturday, and those frequent of Bonfire Night with the less serious menlbers of occasions when Doyle and Brownhill have a bit the class. He carried on a trade in fireworks of fun and pay up their tax in gladness of heart. and enticed many customers by the excellence of The efforts at spelling of a certain boy on the his wares. Everyone in the class survived the left wing make the cats laugh; at least, we have 8SS ST. EDWARD'S COLLEGE MAGAZINE.

heard them howling, while the biggest joke of Form Upper VA the term was that so-and-so actually protnpted. Then there is Carr who stares and stares and What! Mr. Editor-so soon? Is the end of maintains that the mailed knights of Widnes­ the term so near at hand? The demand for little village near St. Helens-need no cranes to these lines has come so quickly that we have had mount their horses. Of course, you have all heard little leisure to study our fellows. V-J. days and the joke about Widnes Rugby Ground. It's other holidays have given us scant time to sharpen ground. our quills. To continue our survey of the little things It can be said we are a mixed lot: the Light that make life tolerable ; we have Cain, a perpetual Brigade-those just into long trousers, those smile; the little boy (notice the pun) who prays learning to part their hair, and the Heavy Brigade "Please, do not me disturb," but his pathetic -the seven wonders of a previous age. prayer falls not on soft hearts, and Alf, his excuses We are at least a colourful class with brown and are gems. Neither must we forget the men who green predominating. In one comer is Craven, make our classroom comfortable and our existence not that he fears aught. In the opposite comer more pleasant; we refer of course to Eccles and is a bird who wistfully looking through the window, Taylor (Bernard). The former collects money sighs: "Where youth grows pale and spectre with ease and grace; the latter has succeded in thin and dies." We have a king and a man with making the dinner-car" noiseless as fear in a wide a hearty laugh (if you can hear it). Then there is wilderness." (Quotation again from Shaw's Falstaff who can roar as loud if he cannot run as Selected Poems, out on Monday; price: weight fast as the original. Next is a quiet Scot who in gold.) values every word and so says little. The country Need we say any more about our chaps or of is represented by L--, an unassuming lad, while the events of the term. Well, we collected about Widnes is not unrepresented. But the character £80 in Victory Week and enjoyed the fun and adorns the front row, H-- by name, to the party in the School. We have Barlow, Dolan initiated; a strange lad, with a strange vocabulary, and somebody else on the Second XV, while mainly "mum " and "ab." Walsh is the Bantam strong-man and a high-up There is some confusion owing to two of the member of the milk staff. Also on the good-staff class having the same name. At question-time are Snape and Littler and on the carpet every day there is a mutual understanding between them to are not a few of our colleagues. We notice bow the head in reverential awe. Some call one McKeVitt is keen on marking-time and exercises. " Big" and the other "Small," perhaps "P" Next time we are in print we will let you know and "C" would be better. more about our reactions to the various subjects We are well represented in all the school sides but we have a doubt if we will ever be in print active and quiescent. R. Hughes is with the 1st again, unless the editor is agreeable to accepting XV and four are in the 2nd XV, and others with the photograph of thirty-odd men, worn-out and the Bantams. To G. Hickey we offer sympathy decrepit, not" By the ravages of Time's dread on his injury. Wednesday afternoons can be very hand," (Shaw again) but from strain, overwork boring! and laziness. To the " tots" in the front desks we express However, to all and sundry friends and foes, the hope that Santa Claus will notforget the picture and to our generous Form Master we wish a books and yo-yo's. If short of books "C" will very Happy Christmas and a holiday of snow, oblige for a consideration. To the older members frost, hail, rain and sleet, thunder and lightning, we trust there will be a good supply of correct and plenty of warm sunshine. versions. Wishing all a happy hQliday? we remain K. SPALL. ~.G.P. •

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Form Lower V Alpha lie-certainly the handwriting ofa certain diamond we know rarely, if ever, lies as to who the author Intelligence comes calling all other ranks! is. A boy from near a Racecourse still refuses to Well we have safely arrived at Objective Number be convinced that a dog possesses a brain. They One. We are ready to meet all counter-attacks say environment affects the opinions. He is cer­ including our old friends Algebra and French tainly not gone to the dogs ! and our new enemy Trigonometry. Another one, But you must be bored. Here's wishing Physics, has stabbed us in the back again, whilst Brothers, Masters and Boys a very Happy we were thinking we had despatched him in the Christmas. " Three's." French plays such a great part in our everyday * * * life that one boy calls Monsieur Defarge the Form Lower V Beta colourful name of Monsieur Fromage! Yes! As we are· on the subject of French we must not We are by nature slow-even the clock refuses forget to give honourable mention to the "Big to go fast, or should we say go at all. Our pre­ Three "-Brian the Greater, GeJff and David­ decessors in this Form upheld the noble custom who are an authority on all things. of appointing a leader to fight out our battles in Our hopes for a peaceful term were atom­ every crisis. This time "Mercury" holds the bombed after seven weeks by the introduction of honour. His Lancashire drawl lightens the an old friend whom we all know so well! Our monotony of many a weary lesson. He sits at the gym. periods are always enjoyed,-we used to back but don't let this serve as any indication of have a flute-player to while away the time before his progress. The French sounds carry better the bell rang, but now he has a serious responsi­ from a distance! His main virtue is perseverence ! bility. Latin takes the biscuit-and sometimes The Melling 'buses must keep with the times or Bernard, when we manage to hear what he says. our times. Likewise the Runcorn trains are Jack gains many hearts by his " Walton Vale always-no exaggeration-late! Many a tram smile," his disrespect for" h's " an i irlcidentally " breaks down" so that we all heartily agree (?) , his Japanese currency. Titch turns in betimes, tJ the new proposal for the abolition of all trams and Joe thinks little of going to town when he in Liverpool. feels like it. McGowan still hawks his miniature Sitting in the next desk to our rugby star is a laboratory and Tony is a regular customer of his. wonderful Spanish toreador who has many bulls The hospitality of the classroom is extended to to his credit. He admits that he has been over­ many of the favoured ones after four o'clock. come during the French lesson only. Quinn tackles everything in earnest, while Our prefect is the most hard-hearted we have Leo trying to look" lean and hungry," but foiled yet met. Now, he won't allow us even to swap by nature, plays Cassius. Wee Brian pipes away " conkers" during spare moments. Kevin is our to his heart's content and takes well his knock propaganda agent and Peter is our French verb on the field..Spear sits in front of Lyon, but the expert. latter rarely shows fight. Our prowess on the field is well known by now. We all welcome Wednesday afternoon as it We gave the Alpha's a sound beating and helped gives us at least a breather. We shall not comment them to defeat the A's and B's. on our games or game with the Betas-we like We know sufficient French to say " au revoir" to be unbiased in our opinions. Of course, we and close by wishing all Form members success did not give the "A's" and" B's " a look in when in the coming exams., and a Happy Christmas. we met them. " BEATERS." We ~re told the fingerprints of dialnonds never * * * 890 ST. EnwARD'S COLLEGE MAGAZINE.

Form Lower VA Form Lower VB

The first few days of the term found a number We now pos~ess the hall-mark ofsenior students of our intellectuals discussing secretly the advan­ (L. VA please note), since we scaled that stairs tages to be reaped from a po~t-war education. which leads to the paths ofknowledge in the upper A rosy future loomed before us; our dreams and school. But, young students, do not be over­ hopes materialised, for were we not shocked by anxious to climb for from our short experience the announcement of a week's no-homework, and we know there is more than meets the eye along V-J. holidays! There was a grand entertainment those upper corridors. (J.L. arrived in longs) and the classroom became Father Time has not taken up his abode in our a self-serving cafe. Here was a classroom spacious room and so the muscles of grim faces modernised and post-war education coming up to will only begin to relax when Michael enters each our expectations (though the refreshments didn't morning for assuredly the first lesson must be come so far)! But" the best-laid schemes 0' coming to a close. mice an' men gang aft a-gley, an' lea'e us nought The horrible Aughton accent or the frequent but grief an' pain, for promised joy," and there lapses ofT .C. into dreamland break the monotony we'll,leave it. of our serious studies. The caustic remark of Come into our room. That is our kind prefect Rex on the ignorance of first-year students in with the dexterous hand, the chalk dust with Lower Fives is also welcome--he can talk from which he is enveloped is all that remains of a experience. few names that were on the board. The occasional W.B. has the coveted position of window­ click, click, is from G.'s peashooter. The serious­ opener and that takes time (which is all that looking pupil speaking out his thoughts is Terry, matters) in a room like ours. By name, J.B. is and if you waited you would see him attempting the all-round man in the form, but Nicky has to pat himself on the back. Do you see Bob in something to say to that. We won't squeal, the back row, smiling, of course, and ready to Nick. Be it known to all the school, that T.M. take praise or blame as it comes? There is }.H. is a member ofour honourable form for the simple whose object in doing homework is to fit the reason that we possess his desk. Come and have maximum of errors into the minimum of space. a look at it some day, Tom. This is A.H. responsible for illuminating Liver­ Music had its charms but now we must rest pool during the V-J. celebrations. But here is content with the melodious strains wafting up from J.C. who can decline a Latin noun and often Prep. or the not infrequent hummings of R. declines the whole Latin exercise. Let us not Morris. Physics here is not a matter of moments disturb them as T .L. is anxious to get out the only and we fail to see why we should spend hours trig. and physics and French books are beginning looking for those elusive minutes in trig. to show themselves. It is on the rugger field we sparkle. F. Johnson Leaving the field of our labours we proceed and F. Malone form a side in the 1st XV while to the field of our play. Here E.}., R.H., P.C. T. Ferrigno pulls his weight in the 2nd; H. and A.W. are likely bantams and the last has quite Moore and Ivor are practising as Bantams and we a good straight-left as E.R. knows to his cost. have a number of other stalwarts who know a On the opening of the term we heard of the thing or two about the game. tragic death of J. Middleton and since many of We take this opportunity to tender our sym­ us were his form pals we offer our sympathy to pathies to E. Foster on the death of his mother his relatives. for whom we offered our prayers. Success in the post-war exams., and a happy The exams., the holidays, Christmas-if only post-war Christmas to all. we could omit the first we wQuld €;nd on a happier Me, AND R.M. note. Farewell. THE VB's. ST. EDWARD's COLLEGE MAGAZINE. 891

Form IV Alpha produce a living model of a Norman bridge. We make special· mention of our captain, By our troth, deaf friends, out little bodies are W.E., whose wonderful pair of feet helped us weary ofthis great world. Ifonly we could choose to thwart the efforts of the Betas and disprove the subjects we like best then life would be the saying that you can't have brains and brawn! tolerable. But, alas! we can't, but must accept 4lso worthy of notice is our savings collector with monotonous regularity V B's and H.C.F.s. who succeeded in removing from our pockets a If only the V B's could be changed to V.C.s sum exceeding fifty pounds. Evidently he is we would all be heroes but no such luck has very keen on Shakespeare and takes his characters come our way yet. The only pleasant moments to heart. come when P. O'B-- tries to impress his We enjoyed the Victory Party very much scattered ideas of French, or English, or algebra especially the conjuror. It amazed us to see him on the presiding genii of the classroom. make everything disappear but our enthusiasm J.F. provides an ever-enjoyable form of enter­ was damped by the sight of some of our members tainment in the form of modem editions of such making other things disappear with even greater we11-known classics as " The Charge of the Light speed. Brigade." The poems had a very unfavourable Early on in the term we all awaited expectantly review so we refrain from quoting. Our other for a parcel which was to arrive carefully packed two masters of English verse, R.B. and F.S., have in cotton wool. Much to our relief the parcer not yet been inspired by any poetic inspirations. did arrive minus the cotton wool but we were too However we live on in hopes of a Renaissance. pleased to mind about that. We cannot pass on without mentioning the Someone has said that (( each morning sees gusto (we were about to add the prefix" dis ") some task begun, each evening sees it close," but with which we masticate Latin and chemistry. that is not entirely true. Very often a task given The former makes us pity poor Julius Caesar one morning ends the next morning generally on while the latter brings back reminiscences of a car or 'bus. It is hard on cyclists but a method Eastern Lands famed for hieroglyphics and other is being thought out which will enable them to mysterious symbols. ride a bicycle and use a pen at the same time. We have one plump specimen of boyhood who The suggestion that stencils should be invented deserves honourable mention. Soon after the for French and Latin was received with acclama­ beginning of term he found himself in the office tion. So far, no one has invented a suitable of Prefect but fortunately he is not like Shylock one but it might come sometime. We all hope that and our prayers can pierce him. On! day at gym. it will come soon. our friend found himself emulating the birds IV ALPHA. without the use of wings. We won't record what ** * he is reported to have said but it wasnft as some Form IV Beta wit has suggested, " Oh, for the wings of a dove." He is quite able to make an impression on the A-tish-ehu!! What's that? It's only F.M. rugby field being generally known as the one man making another effort to split the atom. He serum. Of late he has begun to leave his certainly succeeds in disturbing the peace and impression on the piano. quiet which habitually envelopes the Beta's. The We feel capable of opening up a museum in noisy buzzing from our next-door neighbours our form. We could exhibit quite a number of only fills us with satisfaction as we reflect that freaks-curious species of roses, fish, hinds, empty vessels make most so~d. snakes, lemons, towns, clerics, air, rocks, cooks Talking about sound we naturally recall that and many other such fossils. We couId also we have laid aside for a while our interest in 892 ST. hDWARD;S COLLEGE MAGAZINE.

physics to delve into the mysterious depth of gratulate the Alpha's on their achievement. chemical processes. We thought that the splitting Our sympathies lie with D.H. who was the first of the atom had revolutionised chemistry but to meet the Government's substitute for currants. were sadly disillusioned when we discovered that We rejoice that he survived the ordeal. Before we had still" to separate sand and iron filings by concluding we would like to warn those whom it the process of levigation" and "to separate may concern, i.e., the First XV and Old Boys, copper sulphate from water by the process of that they should stop the dangerous habit of distillation." But we had to get on with it or the forming down some feet apart and then rushing iron filings might appear realistic in the form of together. Apparently that sort of thing goes to an iron hand. the head. At Latin we are continually being requested B.U. to decline "mensa." Of course, we always * * * respond with alacrity but alack! the best of Form IV A intentions are not always good enough. The truth is that we all would rather be reclining at a A person whom we know fairly well freely table than declining its Latin equivalent. admits we can do one thing well, at least-you've We have two new boys with us this term. }.S. guessed it-we can talk. On being asked to write boasts that he has done two years French and some Form Notes we found that after a while knows as much as the rest of us. Unfortunately ideas, always scarce, just wouldn't come, some " as much" isn't enough as a peep at our French reported our inability to continue. Thereupon we " cahiers " will soon reveal. were sarcastically reminded of the ease we found OUf foundation stone is McC. who carries in expressing ourselves when left alone for a more meat about with him than was ever canned brief period. We thought that very unfair and at "Chicago, Kansas City, Omaha, Indianapolis uncalled for, but we have to live up to our reputa­ or St. Louis." We are often told that we have tion, so here goes ! forgotten all we were ever taught in Form Three Peace has at last come to the world, but not to but our little quotation from "The Americas" us. We seem to hear someone say: "No peace disproves that statement. We all held our breath for the wicked." Again we think the remark on one memorable occasion when our stalwart altogether uncalled for and really unkind, as step by step mounted right to the top of the everyone knows how harmless we are. We are monkey ladder. When he got down again so harmless that we never attack anyone---not breathless we sighed with relief to find that the even our work.. ladder was still intact. Like our neighbours in IV B, we have a few Our manufacturer, A.N., has, curiously enough, " babes"-but fewer than they have. One of ceased to produce bracelets, and is now rolling them finds stencils very tasty. We have another, out tanks on the assembly. K.M. our grown-up by no means a baby, who seems to have ambitions baby, still keeps on believing that Henry VIII towards becoming a sword-swallower, and is was bald. }.W., our savings collector, got such a starting on pencils and rulers. shock when we almost doubled our Target that We are trying hard at our new subjects, and his heart almost gave out and he was forced to "progress, so far, has been according to plan " take leave ofabsence for some time. -we're not saying what plan! In rugby we have Our prowess on the field was doomed to under­ done very poorly so far, but we hope to improve go a great humiliation at the hands of IV Alpha. our position soon. We don't play merely to win However we do not despair and some day we will -we play for the game! Our rivals in IV Bare wipe out our inglorious display in a brilliant very cocky over their big win1 but we were short victory. To show the~e is no illfeeling we con- of several good players and as we had not touched ST. EDWARD'S COLLEGE MAGAZINE. 893

a rugger ball for weeks, we were rather off form. gave them. They had better practice hard in In spite of being out of practice we held them to the meantime. One of our newcomers, W-­ 61 points, which was not as bad as it might have H--, has turned out to be a real flier, and he been. In spite of this set-back, we are playing as showed us that he has learnt rugby well by hard as ever and we have some really good players. dropping a fine goal the week after he had scored We have an all-round player in P--L who is a eight tries and four converts against our neigh­ real terror in the line-outs. Though a newcomer bours. Of course, a great deal of our success is he has become familiar with the game and is an due to our hooker, who is able to hide behind a enthusiastic follower of the rugby code. blade of grass occasionally to take an opponent As we are not endowed with any atomic energy by surprise. Whenever there is a serum, it is a (some people wish we were) we must conclude this case of " Come on, Steve," and everyone begins effort now by wishing everybody a very Happy to look for him. When he can't be seen anywhere, Christmas, celebrated once again in peace. we hear a voice from the front row saying in a A BONNE CHANCE! rather hurt tone: "I'm here long ago!" * * * Nous souhaitons a tous un No~1 heureux 1 Form IV B * ** Once again, in the words of C-- D--, we Form III Alpha lift up our heads from our books to write a few Form Notes, and how we hate having to drag Most of us being new to St. Edward's, we ourselves away from our beloved books, even for present ourselves (but not at all bashfully) for the so short a time! We are able to report good pro­ first time in the school magazine. Of course, there gress in our new subjects, Latin and chemistry, is a sprinkling of graduates from Form II, whose though, of course, others may have quite a duty (so they tell us) is to initiate us into the different opinion on that point. Chemistry is well Edwardian spirit. However, we now consider liked by all of us, especially by the "Three ourselves fully fledged Edwardians, and feel very Wreckers," whose activities have been so " smash­ proud in our new caps. We have made many ing" that large replacements have been found friends (and enemies, too). necessary. Most of their experiments seem to We have been introduced to many new subjects, be connected with discovering of relative tough­ our favourites being-well, we prefer not to reveal ness of various types of test tubes, etc. them in case our ever-watchful masters should According to J-- G-, all the clever boys substitute French and Geometry. have been placed at the back of the room. As the French master enters deep sighs are Needless to say, he is a " back-bencher" himself. distinctly heard. (We call this " Blowing Time "!) We have a large proportion of " babes " this year In justice to the said master it must be admitted and one " petit garc;on" got lost from the front that if we look back afterwards we will be able to row and was taken in by some hospitable back­ say (if we survive) that he always gave a second benchers, where he manages to attract a good chance. deal of notice, in spite of his retiring disposition. We wish our Form Master knew the Morse We can safely claim to be the " crack" Form code, for then he might understand what his IV this year, as far as rugby is concerned. Our " friends " (speechless with dismay) meant by first step towards making this claim good was our tapping the board with the pointer when trying to annihilating IV A to the tune of 61-0. They explain the required theorem. . said, of course, that many of their best players The back line of our serum has acquired inter­ were off and that they were out of practice, but form fame. He weighs 8 stone! He (J.D.) says we are confident of repeating the rugby lesson we that he chummed up with T.F. so that when 894 ST. EDWARD'S COLL£GE MAGAZINE.

travelling home on the 'bus he can be assured of exercises. He insisted on having it published, so plenty of room on the seat ! here it is :- Too sure of ourselves on Thursday, November We like St. Edward's, Oui! Beaucoup! 8th, we received a stunning shock when beaten And we're glad to be in Three Beta, too. by III Beta. We take this opportunity ofsolemnly At rugby, tout Ie temps, we win­ warning forms with strong teams never to take Excuse the French, it keeps butting in, chances-even when playing such an insignificant But at the moment it's on my brain­ form as III Beta. We must add that P.M. (our Le crayon de l'eleve I lay down again! star) and J.D. were knocked out! Some lines are a bit too long (like himself). Bro. In spite of the prospect of Christmas exams. C.'s scathing remarks on the phrases which the we wish all Edwardians a Happy Christmas. poet calls French were enjoyed by everybody­ except P.M. He says he wants to show off the * * * talent to be found in III Beta. Form III Beta We more than doubled our target (£50) for Thanksgiving Week-thanks to J.W. who coaxed The fighting in Europe and the Far East is £50 out of his mother for the school. We are over, but we in III Beta are still battling away on sorry that T. Granby is unable to be with us this the French, Algebra and Geometry fronts. Our term owing to illness. We look forward with form began the term in free and easy style, but pleasure to seeing him again next term. Our now we find it far from free and not very easy ! sincere sympathies are extended to T. Bates on But we must say that we are proud prisoners of the death ofhis father. R.I.P. III Beta and, above all, proud to be Edwardians. But we really should leave some space for the Most of us are newcomers, but there are a few less important forms, such as III Alpha, III A "old boys" specially left behind to give good and III B. We sign off, therefore, with best example, as well as some from Form II. wishes to all for a happy and holy Christmas. At present we are drunk with the great victory * * * we achieved over III Alpha in rugby. Our Form III R forwards were magnificent, A.B., T.F., J.O'H. and P.B. deserving special mention. P.D. was a After enjoying our Summer Holidays (except brilliant back, and R.M. also did well. If III for the arrival of reports!) we returned on Alpha are making vain excuses we wish to point September 12th. About ten of us are in the same out that we had already scored our nine points room (but not the same class) as last year, and the when the injured players were taken off. remainder are from those who were in last year's OUf main grievance is homework; but what Lower II. Unfortunately there are no new boys follows when the homework is not properly done in the class to whom we can extend a hearty is a greater grievance still! But drama really welcome. takes place at music. We try to sing the Most of our new subjects are very interesting, " Requiem," but towards the end ofthe period we and our practical work in the laboratory is very feel as if we were singing our own requiem in much so, seeing that we are all fond of " experi­ advance! We have a great liking for French menting." Our motto is, " Try anything once "! (with the exception of twenty or so odd boys). At woodwork we have spent most of our time at P.M. is getting poetical. Bro. C. entered the drawing and then marking the wood. It is not classroom one afternoon and read to us a type­ true that master has been making boxes for us written sheet, which he said he picked up in the to stand on so that we might be able to reach the corridor. It was a "poem" by our "poet," top of the bench. However, perhaps some day · composed half-way through one of his French we shall be able to push a plane ! ST. EDWARD;S COLLEGE MAGAZINJl. 895

Of course, the big event of the term was the of our first peace-time Christmas we bring these, " Victory" Concert and Party. The most our first form notes, to a close. popular turn of the former was the conjuror who R.R.R. made a great many things appear and disappear. * * * Some of us imagine that he would be very useful Form III B. on certain occasions in class-in making missing exercises appear and making other things Two months have passed since most of us in disappear! Form III B. became Edwardians and we have Our " dickie-bird" of a prefect is inclined to quite settled down. New class-mates, new be rather " flighty " at times and his " feathers " surroundings and new subjects for study have all are easily ruffled. The" baby" of the class is added to the attractiveness of our new College. I.H., although he is not the youngest. P.E. is Our most popular lessons are, of course, our feather-weight (feather-brained?) champion Woodwork and Art. Very varying have been our and often talks in pugilistic terms. fortunes on the Rugby field where A.B., C.D., and We are all very keen on rugby and we notice H.I. and K. are our stars. Recently when C.D. that the smallest are the keenest of all. Our best was practising" converts" the bar lowered itself players are B.W., D.G., W.G., E.A. and R.D. to let the ball over! Mr. B. thinks our voices are The latter usually plays "fly-half"-a natural sweet, the only things not rationed-except in position for him! class-that are sweet. We are hoping that It would be quite easy for us to form an Fortune will smile on our efforts at the term orchestra ofour own as we have so many musicians exams. in the class. Again, we have a number who form To Brothers, Masters and Boys we wish an the backbone of the school choir. enjoyable holiday, a merry Christmas and a New At Algebra we have been very puzzled by the Year of happy days. system of changing signs and some suggest that THREE (BUSY) BEES. changing subjects would help greatly. Of late we have had our memories taxed with lines and lines * * * ofpoetry and it is true that" Oft we have heard of Form Lower I Lucy Gray" and on one occasion A.A. surprised us all by " galloping" the whole way from Ghent Once again the activities of our form during to Aix! this eventful Autumn Term have to be recorded. R.P.'s little brother provides us with a constant We have been presented with a new classroom source of amusement at four o'clock and on one on the first floor, complete with a new Master. occasion gave us a musical entertainment (from The peace and quietness ofthis lofty abode blends outside the window) before we had finished with the timidness of its inhabitants! We never school. make a sound (?)-but our new Master (unfor­ During the "Thanksgiving Week" Savings tunately for us) does not agree. Campaign we surpassed all our expectations by The stories of Terry Me. and David M. are obtaining more than double our target. tolerated by us, although sometimes we are Although we have been overwhelmed with inclined to doubt them. The odd moments left work since the term started, we have been con­ after the stories have been related have been used stantly reminded that we shall be starting work in by us to much advantage. During them we work earnest in the near future, and as Christmas hard under the watchful eye of our Master and approaches we can only expect the pressure to we all know what a sentence is (we hope). increase! Our dashing footballers are arranging a match Wishing all our readers the greatest blessings with Upper I, our rivals. We hope to be able to 896 ST. -EDWARD'S COLLEGE MAGAZINE. announce a victory (we are all confident) in the Form II next issue of the Magazine. We wish our teachers and school-mates every Here we are again (this time in Form II) to ' happiness in the New Year. broadcast to the world. At the beginning of term we came back to school rather sadly but we * * * brightened up when we had two days' holiday for Form Upper I Japan's surrender. We had a change of masters and a change of classroom. Besides having a Here we are again with as much talk as any in clock which is always playing tricks we have some the school. We like school very much. We have boys who are also playing tricks. When N.L. arithmetic and English for homework and plenty does anything wrong, we say, "Now Nicholas, of spellings and tables. don't be ridiculous." We had a Victory Concert Our prefect is G.W. who is also the best at in the hall and especially enjoyed the conjuror. football. B.M. is our best goalie. Form II beat C.B. kept saying it was "up his sleeve." us 4--2. T.D. plays outside-right, and D.C. is We all like football very much and played a good full-back. Although T .L. is the smallest Upper I, winning 4--2. We have a very good in the class, he must have the largest tongue-he goalie, centre-forward and half-back. But we are is also a good centre-forward. D.H. is the very also a class of personalities. One individual can opposite. On the right-hand side ofthe classroom do anything but his lessons while we are fortunate is a book-case full of interesting library books. in having twins. Most of the class wish that they Wishing everybody a Happy Christmas, we could be demobbed from school in a few years, or must say good-bye. even now, if possible. We have not now many * * * books in the Form Library, so all contributions will be gratefully received. FORM II.

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In a sheltered bay on the South West Coast is in England. Only two or three minut€' by car my beautiful home town, Torquay. Whenever I from the busy sea front is the lovely old-world think about it I picture to myself both sea and village of Cockington with its thatched roofs and hills, for, like Rome, Torquay is built on seven centuries-old forge. This, incidentally, is still in hills. It has the characteristic red sandstone soil use and is a great source of interest to visitors. of Devonshire which stands out in vivid contrast If you like solitude and the large open spaces, with the blue sky or the deeper blue of the sea. there are the moors: Dartmoor, with its awe­ Most of the summer, the sea is smooth and inspiring Tors which rise from the undulating placid, reflecting like a mirror the white sails of countryside covered with purple heather. On the the yachts as they sail majestically along. But edge of Dartmoor is Buckfast Abbey which is even at high tide, when the beaches are covered just being built by the Benedictine Monks. This by the sea, there is something in the grandeur of magnificent building, erected on the unearthed the waves which attracts one to watch for some foundations of the pre-Reformation Abbey, has time and causes one to think of the Power Who been built by the labour ofthe Monks themselves. controls such a tremendous force. There are many ancient buildings in and around Slightly inland there is the country district Torquay which can be inspected at will. In a which includes some ofthe most beautiful scenery public park at Cockington there is a church which 897 dates back to the fifteenth century, while on the line and bait for a spot of fishing. There is, Central Sea Front there is Torre Abbey which incidentally, quite a prosperous fishing industry was built about the same time. The two are said around Torbay, the main fish being mackerel, to be joined by an underground tunnel along which but it is not as important as in Cornwall. Golf, priests escaped during the lawless times of the tennis and bowls are the more important outdoor Reformation when to he caught saying Mass was games while the cinema is used on wet days. an offence punishable by death. One of the chief industries around Torbay is At the other side of Torquay, not far from the manufacture of Devon pottery. It is made Babbacombe is the famous· cave known as Kent's from Devonshire clay and is quite different from Cavern in which have been found relics of the the pottery ofother parts ofEngland, being thicker Devonian Age such as the tooth of a sabre­ in texture and having deeper colouring. toothed tiger. The thought that comes first to one's mind Torquay has such extraordinary diversity that when Devonshire is mentioned is cream, for in it can provide interests for all tastes and moods. normal times it is world-famous. May the days The many beaches around the coast vary from the of its return be not far off! sandy one at Torre Abbey to the pebbly ones The main means of Torquay's livelihood is around Babbacombe and Oddicombe. When on the visitors who come in hundreds during the holiday in Torquay there is always something to summer and are not lacking in winter. do to occupy the time. The luxuriant, sub-tropical vegetation, in­ For a keen swimmer there is always the bay at cluding many palm trees is proof enough of the hand, which, on sunny days, is the ideal place milder climate. The diversity of plant life is for enjoyment. When the weather is not very especially noticeable along the Rock Walk where good the salt-water indoor baths are open all day there are hundreds of different species of plants. ready to welcome any who wish to go in and It is little wonder that Torquay has been providing instructors for people who are unable to .named the " Riviera of England" for it has surely swim. earned that title. Another favourite pastime is rowing-either F. BALL, VI B Mods. JUSt for the pleasure of the exercise or else to take

VARSITY LETTER father of them all-Gus. Cunningham, now third THE UNIVERSITY, year, and almost ready to design his brass plate! LIVERPOOL. In the Faculty of Engineering, Frank Rossiter Autumn, 1945. has ceased to be lonely since his namesake, Frank Dear Mr. Editor, Brennan, came up. It must be quite some ~e since we had so A new nucleus in the Arts Depattment has been many old boys to write about and in such relatively established by J. Loughe, R. Thomas and A. happy circumstances. Duggan. We ttust this is the start of something R. Crawford, J. Peel and F. Ford have managed like old times again. to survive their welcome into the Chemistry To complete our list, we have a lone worker in Deparnnent by Harry Dunn and Joe Brown Dentistry, D. Murphy, and a representative in (fourth year men now, who graduate at Christmas). Architecture, whose name we cannot track down. OUf medical group comprises 'fresher J. Tony Burd is still doing well, blazing new Occleshaw, Joe Brown-second year, and the trails for S.E.C. in the Natural Sciences. 898 ST• EDWARD'S COLLEGE MAGAZINE.

Brian Burke, Ernie Shields and Frank Irving We celebrated St. Edward's Day in traditional have been to see us, and brought us news of style-a full holiday, brought to a close with a R. O'Donnell, Ted Ley and Brendan Cunningham. concert in the Common Room. J. Bates (R.A.M.C.), one ofour graduate members, It only remains for me now to send our very appeared early on to speak to 'freshers concerning best wishes for Christmas and the New Year to the Catholic Society. all Edwardians at home and abroad. Dr. Basil Whalley is now attached to our Yours sincerely, Organic Chemistry Department as Senior UPHOLLAND. Lecturer. We feel that we have occupied quite sufficient * ** space for even these important people, and with regards to the College Staff, we close for this term. SIMMARIES LETTER Yours sincerely, STRAWBERRY HILL, 'VARSITY. November, 1945. Dear Mr. Editor, * * * As the world communItieS in general, and Simmaries, a community on its own, in particular, UPHOLLAND LETTER endeavour to adapt themselves to the more ST. JOSEPH'S COLLEGE, congenial atmosphere of peace, I will do my best UPHOLLAND, to illustrate the activities of the Edwardians now WIGAN, at Strawberry Hill. LANCS. There are at present nine old boys of St. November 11th, 1945. Edward's at Simmaries, five of them in their Dear Mr. Editor, second year and four first year men. No doubt Since your request for a letter arrived last week, these latter four, Merrivale, Bruen, Tighe and I have been trying to recall the events of the term Frayne, at first found the climate of Strawberry which might be of interest to you. The first Hill rather warmer than that of Sandfield Park, thing that comes to my mind is the fact that once but the senior body lent them a helping hand and again we had the pleasure of welcoming some they were quite impressed by the traditional Edwardians among the new students, namely, welcome they received. Now they are acclim­ Denis Furlong, Leonard Hinchliffe and Robert tised and seem quite at home in the College. Flynn. So the vacancies left by the three Although time has as yet been too short for them Edwardians who were ordained last year have to reveal their true mettle, there are encouraging been filled up. signs that the Edwardian spirit is as unquenchable Before the Swnmer Holidays we were hoping as ever. for an extra week on the vacation in celebration of Merrivale is a very keen basket-ball player and victory in Europe. But the Rector decided that frequently practises in the gym. He also intends it would be bettltr to wait until the Japanese War to try for a place in theJirst cricket team with the was over. Naturally our hopes ran high when we advent of the summer season, after his long heard that Japan had surrendered., We were not service in the cricket team at St. Edward's. disappointed. The vacation was extended to Frayne seems to be bent on studies and intends September 22nd. to take his Inter Arts here. Bruen and Tighe are Mter our usual Retreat, Bishop HalsalI officiated getting -along quite well in their quiet, unassuming at the Ordination Ceremony on September 30th. way. Kevin Walsh received the Diaconate in the With the second year students from the Abna course of the ceremony. Mater, I am, of course, more familiar. Thomas, ST. EDWARD'S COLLEGE MAGAZINE. 899

Bolger, Ludden, McMullin and Croft make up Bolger, Frayne, Bruen and Merrivale- are the number. Thomas is Editor of the frequently to be seen in the Smokeroom attending " Simmarian," the College Magazine and is also the classes for beginners in ballroom dancing, to be seen trotting up and down the line, waving where, with stiff upper lip and true Edwardian his flag at rugby matches, diminutive but dynamic, determination, they endeavour to master the thrusting inoffensive spectators well back behind fundamentals of the "jitterbug." No doubt the the line. This position as linesman, I am assured thought of the coming Christmas vacation is is only a temporary one until his place in the uppermost in their minds. At these classes, second rugby team as inside half is assured. Ludden and Croft are two of the " instructors" Bolger is Secretary of the Swimming Club, a who courageously scorn the danger of bruised good swimmer, and a keen, conscientious secretary. feet and venture on the floor in a spirit of self­ He is also on the Committees of the Geographical sacrifice! Ludden tells me that his signature­ and Historical Societies. He has quite an amount tune is from now on going to be " Ten Cents a of work on his hands since he, too, is taking his Dance." A great business-man, Larry! Inter Arts this month. Since commencing this letter I have learned of McMullen also figures prominently in the the presence of two other Edwardians here. They Geographical Society, being Secretary and Trea­ are Laurence Lovelady and Thomas Harding­ surer. Ludden is as noted here for his colour­ who were at St. Edward's from 1930 to 1937. schemes as he was at St. Edward's and can hold They were both taken into the forces after only his own in choice of ties with any in the College one year at Simmaries, Lovelady being here though he has one or two close rivals. Croft is a from 1938-1939 and Harding from 1939-1940. keen debater and frequently "says his little Now released from the services, they are com­ piece" at meetings of the Social Science and pleting their interrupted courses. Lovelady, by Literary and Debating Societies. He still comes in the way, is an ex-P.O.W. who was in German for jokes about his rural life-as he did when at hands for about three years. Sandfie1d 'Park-and is known here as "The I suppose, like us, you will be preparing for Farmer's Boy." the Christmas exams., and looking forward to a The Edwardians here also figure prominently welcome rest. Wishing you every success and a in other ways as well. Tighe is a member of the very happy holiday, I will close. "Long live and Celtic Society and is, as a sideline from his more flourish then, Edwardians !" literary activites, delving deep into the mysterious Yours sincerely, art of Gaelic dancing-attending these classes SIMMARIAN. regularly. 900 Sr. EnwARDts COLLEGB MAGAZINE.

THE EMERGENCY EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, 1945-46. President: Mr. A. CUNNINGHAM. House Committee: Vice-President: Mr. G. J. ALSTON.. Messrs. F. NAVEIN (Secretary), G. GROWNEY, Hon. Chaplain: Rev. Fr. J. KIERAN. M.Sc. (Football Secretary), W. IRVINE (T.T. Hon. Treasurer: Mr. WILLIAM HARTE. Secretary). Hon. Secretary: Dr. BASIL WHALLEY. Subscriptions: Life Membership £3 3s.0d. Association ... 5s.0d. Executive Committee : Club Member 3d. weekly. Messrs. T. O'NEIL, J. LEROI, J. NAVEIN, J. POTTS. H.M. Forces 2/6 per annum.

Club Headquarters : forthcoming immediately or disaster threatens the BIBHOP'S COURT, whole edifice which has been maintained with such SANDFIELD PARK, a struggle during the last six years. Now come LIVERPOOL, 12. on you Old Boys, show your devotion to Alma These notes are the first to be written since Mater by coming along and taking an active part the cessation of hostilities in Europe and Asia. in the Association's activities. The more there For the return of peace we all murmur a fervent are to help with stewarding and to serve on "Thank God." Now there are many difficult committee the easier it will be for all concerned tasks ahead: the most pressing for the Old and the better and more efficient our organisation. Boys being the revitilisation of the Association We have the opportunity of becoming one of the and the energising of the Club Headquarters­ leading Catholic organisations in Liverpool. But Bishop's Court: there is no time to be lost; opportunity knocks During the war the Club has been kept in but once-now is the hour-we need your existence due to the untiring energy and devotion co-operation. of a mere handful of members-very few indeed. The Cheshire Lines Railway's threat to sell One is almost tempted to use yet another variation Bishop's Court is now common knowledge. But of a famous Churchillian phrase-but discretion so far nothing concrete has materialised. But bids us defer. The hard fact is, however, that the rest assured we will be ready to meet all contin­ numbers at present concerned with the organisa­ gencies if you give us your unstinted support tion and running of Bishop's Court are all too as and when it is required. few: reinforcements are required-they m~st be Social activities of the Association are gradually ST. EDWARD'S COLLEGE MAGAZINE. 901 revIVIng, the high spot every month being the holds the D.S.C.-he has been commended for joint dance held at the Carlton in conjunction his work since D-day. with the Catholic Secondary Schools' Club. * * * The invitation of the 'Freshers to Bishop's CONGRATULATIONS Court took place, as usual, on October 13th-the Weddings Feast of St. Edward. A gathering of about sixty Congratulations to Sergeant Joe Rossitor, 'Freshers spent their first real evening at our R.A.F., on his marriage to Miss Donnelly-a Headquarters. The meeting was graced by the unique event this-three sisters found three presence of Rev. Bros. Wall and Moss, as repre­ husbands at the same Church, time and day. May sentatives of the College, and by Fr. Cyril Taylor· God bless them all. in the unavoidable absence of the Association Also to Lieut. Joe Supple, F.A.A., on his Chaplain. marriage to Miss Sinnott-she is a sister of the The latest innovation at Bishop's Court has Sinnott Brothers (all Old Boys), to A. Hargreaves been the introduction of catering facilities; it is and his wife on their recent wedding, "Ad now possible to buy light refreshments at moderate multos annos," and to Dennis Smerdon, R.A.F., prices. and his wife. The spiritual side of our organisation has not Engagement been overlooked amid these varied temporal The engagement of Captain M. Fortune to activities. The Annual Wreath Laying and Mass Miss Rose Smerdon is quite a family affair! for Old Boys killed in the two world wars took We also hear that Gerry Divine has taken the place at St. Philip Neri's on Saturday, November initial step to matrimony. 10th. General It is hoped to hold a Retreat at Loyola Hall Cyril Kean, Henry Loughlin and Harry Fields early in the new year. have been H demobbed" recently. Also Dr. *** Philip Hawe (a past President) who has recently In Memoriam been at the Club. The names of two more Old Boys who have Ray Pratt has now a. daughter as well as a son. given their lives in defence of their country must Frank Loughlin has relinquished his post at be added to our previous lists. They are :­ R.O.F.,Wrexham, and. is working in London. James Leonard R.A.F. Basil Whalley has decided to leave his industrial Michael Beglin Army. surroundings at I.C.I. tojoin the staffof Liverpool To the families of these Old Edwardians we University as a Lecturer in Organic Chemistry. respectfully offer our deepest sympathy. Jack Reddy hopes to be transferred to N.W. R.I.P. Europe after three years in India. * * * Bob Clensy is recuperating from wounds Prisoners of War received in Burma, we trust you will soon be fit It is with great joy that we report the return arid well, Bob. from captivity since Dunkirk of Norman Cullity Gordon Pratt from India, and Laurie Pratt and Jack O'Callaghan; both seem well and fit from Egypt, both hope to be home and "de­ and not visibly worse for their ordeal. We are mobbed" very soon. looking forward to you both rejoining the A.F.C. Bill Johnson has recently been seen looking at an early date; also Major James McQuade, well and fit after two years in the Mediterranean. just released from a Japanese prison camp. Lieut. Jim Edwards was recently involved in a * * * serious accident, we trust you are soon fit and Decorations well, Jim. Heartiest congratulations to Ray Pratt who Father Bernard Gorley, O.M.I., writes to say 902 ST. EDWARD~S COLLEGE MAGAZINE.

he is offering Masses for the repose of the souls boys under IS! years of age, in conjunction with of all Old Boys killed in the war. the Liverpool Boys' Association, and fixtures *** have been arranged for the present season, GENERAL although results to date are not very encouraging. The Old Cathinians have secured a pitch at But we hope for improvement with practice. Gill Moss and are now well on the way to their pre-war vigour. We are also running a team for * * *

~Nolt(eS §pH01FltSa CRICKET Summary 1st XI Results The School XI had a most enjoyable time after the Played 9 ... Won 6 ... Lost 2 Drew I match at the Social in the Old Boys' Club. Hearty All members of the side combined to make this a thanks are due to all who made the day a memorable very satisfactory season. This was the more unexpected one. as only three of the previous year's XI were available. The side included several who had not played in school Shield Competition teams previously. There was a marked improvement This was a very even contest, after several changes of and steadiness in the batting, the fielding was very leaders Mersey finally ran out victors-on the tinaI keen and the bowling, if not sensational, was of good day. The table of points shows how close a thing i standard. To all thanks are due for their co-operation. was :- Old Boys' Match Mersey CA. Ryan) 118 points A very strong Old Boys' side was chosen to mCJet Domingo (T. Murphy) 107 points the School XI in the last game of the term. The fortunes Hope CF. X. Brennan) 104 points of the play varied. . Sefton (T. Merrivale) 103 points At first it seemed that the Old Boys' would raise a Additional Results big opening score, then the School brought the play July 7th-St. Edward's College "A" XI v. St. Anselm's to 65 for 8 wickets, but the tail wagged vigorously College-Lost = 60-78. and sixty-odd runs were raised in half-an-hour leaving the total at 125-the highest score on the ground for "CHICKS" XI years. 26/51'45 v. Waterloo Grammar School­ As the School's best total of the year was 78 for 7 Won (H) 33- 9 wickets, caution was the order of the day. Steady play 31/51'45 v. S.F.X. Won (H) 21-18 brought the score to 60 for 3 wickets after a shaky 9/61'45 v. Quarry Bank H.S. Lost (A) 18-40 start. This was largely due to T. Merrivale and G. 16/6/'45 v. St. Mary's, Crosby Won (H) 97-35 Ford. Then a rot began and the board read 69 for 7 30/6/'45 v. St. Mary's, Crosby Draw (A) 44 for 4 wickets. T. Sharrock and G. Hickey took the score wkts.-54 to 8() for 8 wickets when time was called. 14/7/'45 v. S.F.X. Won (A) 23-15 Sr. EDWARD'S COLLEGE MAGAZINE. 903

1ST XI BATTING AVERAGES 1ST XI BOWLING AVERAGES No. Times Runs Highest Aver­ Overs Maidens Runs Wickets Average of Not Score age R. Hughes 25.8 6 43 9 4.77 Innings Out A. Rigby 85.8 26 146 28 5.21 J. Carter...... 8 1 81 35* 11.57 J. Carter 54 19 110 20 5.5 T. Merrivale ... 9 1 92 30 11.50 G. Hickey 36.8 9 75 12 6.25 A. Rigby 9 1 91 21 11.38 R. Hughes ...... 9 1 56 16 "7.00 T. Sharrock ... 8 1 35 9* 5.00 G. Hickey...... 8 2 30 14 5.00 D. Gaskin .. . 4 0 20 8 5.00 J. Dolan 6 1 22 8* 4.40 At Sandfield Park COLLEGE XI OLD BOYS' XI T. Merrivale, c Smith, b Brown 30 J. Brown, b Rigby 10 T. McKenna, b Gill o G. Kerr, b Rigby ... 5 D. Gaskin, c Byrne b McGrail 8 T. O'Neill, run out 1 R. Hughes, c Smith, b Brown 6 J. McKenna, b Hughes 9 G. Ford, c Gill, b Brown 1 G. Alston, c and b Johnson 10 A. Rigby, c Smith, b Brown o Fr. W. Byrne, run out 11 T. Sharrock, not out 9 J. Smith, st. Merrivale, b Hughes 3 F. Johnson, st. O>Neill, b Brown o Fr. V. Furlong, c Merrivale, b Hickey 9 G. Hickey, c Smith, b McKenna 11 F. Harrington, c Forde, b Hughes 35 Extras (1 wide, 16 byes, 4 leg-byes) 21 F. Gill, not out 12 J. McGrail, st. Merrivale, b Johnson 9 Extras (8 byes, 3 leg-byes) 11 Total (for 8 wickets) 86 Total 125 A. Ryan and J. Burns did not bat. Result: Draw; College, 86 for 8 wickets, Old Boys, 125. BOWLING ANALYSIS Fall of wickets ...... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Overs Maidens Runs Wickets Average Rigby 11 4 28 2 14 Hickey 11 1 43 1 43 College XI ,.. 2 14 42 60 60 69 69 86 Hughes . 9 1 20 3 6.6 Johnson . 2.8 1 14 2 7 Old Boys Xl 13 16 19 36 40 45 62 65112125 Ryan .. 1 0 9 0 RUGBY NOTES So far there are very few fixtures to rec-ord. This is over the School side. Outstanding among many fine partly due to the fact that opponents of previous years forwards was Guilfoy in the left wing position. The are not playing this year. The situation, however, is half-back pair, McGrail and Martin, gave a really fine not at all satisfactory and 110t to the advantage of the display while the three-quarter line was far superior school teams. to that of the School. The 1st XV have played two games to date. Several Mter a scrappy opening, during which the School of last year's side are available and form the nucleus pressed, the Old Boys began to attack very much in of the side. M. Wren is Captain and T. Sharrock earnest and were soon rewarded by an easy try for Vice-Captain. B. Boggiano, P. Fearon and J. Carter Brown. The kick went wide. After the kick-off the are others who were in last year's XV. G. Hickey, School were once more on the defensive and soon they unfortunately is injured and is greatly missed. were down 8 points to nil-McGrail having converted So far the side has been given little chance to settle his own try. After some loose play a fine pick-up by down. The forwards have not shown sufficient speed Guilfoy gave the Old Boys a further lead. or acquaintance with the laws of the game to give a Half-time: School nil~ Old Boys 11 points. reasonable share of the ball to the backs. There must During the first half the School were continually on be much more hard pushing and more participation in the defensive but they now went into the attack. Carter the open play if they are to justify themselves. having stopped a dangerous forward rush, sent St. The backs have not had many opportunities to show _ Edward's right into an attack which was ruined on the their worth. There are, however, points they must 25-line by an untimely pass by one of the forwards. pay more heed to: even the elementals-passing, They were soon being hard-pressed again, however, backing-up-and real tackling. and had to cede another try this time to Gill. Soon The side must put itself whole-heartedly into the after Gill's try Sharrock had a brilliant individual run game if anything is to be achieved. Conditions do not finishing up under the posts. Suffield easily placed favour it but more can be accomplished if all pull the kick. The Old Boys had a goal and a try before the their weight. School had a try by Johnson which Suffield again converted. SCHOOL v. OLD BOYS At full-back Carter was given many anxious moments 20th October, 1945. by the fierce onslaughts of the Old Boys' forwards Fielding the strongest side they have so far got but he played soundly. The three-quarters lacked together, the Old Boys had a comparatively easy victory finish in all their movements, Sharrock alone showing 904 ST. EDWARD'S COLLEGE MAGAZINE. any Imtlative. The half-backs, Hughes and Fearson, failed from a fair POSItIon. The score should have played pluckily but did not have the speed and experi­ been added to soon afterwards when Carter took the ence of McGrail and Martin. In the serums and on ball to within ten yards of the line, but his pass was the loose Wren displayed his usual determination but forward. Our stand-off half was too much inclined to without the whole-hearted support of the other kick the ball without drawing the opposition. Near forwards his efforts to save the situation were unavailing. the interval Wallasey scored an unconverted try­ Full time: School 10 points, Old Boys 22 points. against the run of the play. SCHOOL TEAM: J. Carter; A. Meldon, F. Johnson, Half-time score: S.E.C. 3 points~ Wallasey G.S. T. Sharrock, F. Malone; R. Hughes, P. Fearson; 3 points. J. Osborne, R. Nolan, M. Wren (Captain), B. Boggiano, The change-over saw a complete reversal of the S. McNamara, F. Short, H. Suffield, J. Dolan. situation and Wallasey now called the tune. Their OLD Boys' TEAM: A. Cunningham; P. Broadbridge, backs passed well and were always a danger. For ten J. Davidson, D. Martin, F. Brennan; J. McGrail, minutes we stood heavy pressure but then the Wallasey F. Gill; F. Johnson, E. Kavanagh, T. Guilfoy backs cut through the defence to score a try. Soon a (Captain), A. Crossley, J. Brown, B. Potts, R. Bruce, penalty goal was added. W. Nixon. Our forwards were trying hard but were not stopping the Wallasey pack from getting the ball back. There was too much individualistic play, they did not combine S.E.C. v. Wallasey Grammar School 2nd XV as a pack. M. Wren repeatedly got the ball in the At Leasowe, 24th October, 1945. line-out only to be halted for lack of support. More The game was played with a strong wind blowing pressure resulted in an unconverted try for Wallasey. down the pitch, as is usual at this ground. We played This goaded our side to new efforts and P. Fearon with the wind behind us. The forwards were evenly backed up by T. Sharrock made a good tun but the matched for weight, Wallasey had an advantage in Wallasey defence held firm. We now held Wallasey in the backs. their own half. Good work by B. Boggiano and F. From the kick-off Wallasey showed their mettle Short took the ball up to the 25-line. When Wallasey but a useful kick by Carter sent them back. Play settled halted us and brought the ball back to the half-way. down in the middle of the field with the ball going from R. Hughes and J. Burns made gallant efforts on the right side to side. Our backs failed to run sufficiently hard but could not make sufficient headway. or straight with it. The passing was not good. The loose play which followed resulted in the ball Wallasy played the correct game against the wind­ going to M. Wren and he was hauled back when almost leaving the forwards to do most of the work and. by over. Wallasey then make a break-away. A glorious keeping the ball on the ground nullified our advantage swerving run by the stand-off half resulted in another in having the wind. A long kick up the field gave goal. The scoring was completed by a penalty goal to Carter a chance to make a good run down the right Wallasey. wing. This was carried on to the line, but Wallasey S.E.C. 3 points, Wallasey G.S. 22 points. saved. Then they broke away and with a forward rush TEAM: J. Carter; J. Burns, F. Johnson~ T. Sharrock, brought the ball back to the half-way line. F. Malone; R. Hughes, P. Fearon; M. Wren (Cap­ From a scrum we went down the left side of the tain), R. Nolan, F. Short, B. Boggiano, S. McNamara, field and Wren completed the move to score. The kick A. Meldon, H. Suffield, J. Osborne.